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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

PAPER 2

JULY/AUGUST - 2015

TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

BUTERE EAST JOINT EVALUATION EXAM – 2015

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

PAPER 2

2 ½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

·  This paper has consists of three sections.Section AB, and C.

·  Answer all questions in section A, three questions in section B and two questions in section C.

·  Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.

·  Candidates should answer the questions in English.

This paper consists of 2 printed pages.

Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated.

And that no questions are missing.

SECTION A (25 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Givetworeasons why Africa is considered as the cradle of humankind. (2mks)

2. Identify one ancestors of man associated with Old Stone Age. (1mk)

3. State one way in which the Sumerians in Mesopotamia reclaimed land for agriculture. (1mk)

4. Name the form of writing that developed as a result of the development of agriculture in Egypt. (1mk)

5. What was the main contribution of Lord Viscount Taunsend in modern farming? (1mk)

6. How did the invention of the wheel influence transport in Europe before the 19th century. (2mks)

7. Statetwodisadvantages of Horn blowing as a form of early communication. (2mks)

8. Identify one limitation of batter as a method of trade. (1mk)

9. Statetwocharacteristics of regional trade. (2mks)

10. Statetwouses of water as an early source of energy in industries. (2mks)

11. Identifytwodiscoveries made by Isaac Newton. (2mks)

12. Identifytwochallenges faced by Athens as an early urban center. (2mks)

13. Identify one roleof the Bataka chiefs among the Baganda. (1mk)

14. Identify one British colony in North Africa. (1mk)

15. Identifytwofunctions of Emirs in the British indirect rule in Northern Nigeria. (2mks)

16. Identify one method of administration use by the French after the failure of assimilation policy.(1mk)

17. Name the main architect of indirect rule in Southern African. (1mk)

SECTION B 45 MARKS

Answer any three questions in this section.

18. (a) Identify the stages of development of tools by early man. (3mks)

(b) Explain six effects of the development of agrarian revolution in the united states of American. (1mk)

19. (a) Give three methods used to acquire slaves from West Africa during the Trans-Atlantic.(3mks)

(b)Explain six reasons for the decline of Trans-Atlantic trade. (12mks)

20. (a) State five factors that facilitated scientific revolution. (5mks)

(b) Explain five factors that undermine industrialization in third world countries (10mks)

21. (a) State five reasons for Lewanka’s collaboration with the British. (5mks)

(b) Explain five reasons why the Franco- Mandinka war lasted for long. (10mks)

SECTION C 30 MARKS

Answer any two questions from this section.

22. (a) Identify three officials in Buganda who assisted the Kabaka in his administration. (3 mks)

(b) Describe the social organization of the Buganda kingdom during the pre-colonial rule. (12 mks)

23. (a) State three features of direct rule policy in southern Rhodesia. (3mks)

(b)Explain six effects of direct rule policy on the African communities in Southern Rhodesia.(12mks)

24. (a) State three characteristics of human rights. (3mks)

(b) Explain six principles of democracy (12mks)

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